毒蛇

Chinese
poison; narcotics snake; serpent
trad. (毒蛇) 毒 蛇
simp. #(毒蛇) 毒 蛇

Pronunciation

Noun

毒蛇

  1. venomous snake, viper

Japanese
毒蛇 (dokuja, dokuhebi): a cobra, an iconic and well-known venomous snake.

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
毒 蛇
どく
Grade: 5		 じゃ
Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 毒蛇 (MC dowk zyae, literally “poison + snake”). Compare modern Mandarin reading dúshé, Cantonese duk6 se4.

Pronunciation

Noun

毒(どく)蛇(じゃ) • (dokuja) 

  1. venomous snake
  2. a game piece in dai dai shogi and taikyoku shogi
Derived terms
  • 毒蛇(どくじゃ)の口(くち) (dokuja no kuchi)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
毒 蛇
どく
Grade: 5		 へび
Grade: S
jūbakoyomi

Apparent shift from dokuja above, to use the kun'yomi of hebi for the second character.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) どくへび [dòkúhébí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [do̞kɯ̟̊ᵝhe̞bʲi]

Noun

毒(どく)蛇(へび) • (dokuhebi) 

  1. venomous snake

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
毒蛇

Noun

毒蛇 • (doksa) (hangeul 독사)

  1. Hanja form? of 독사 (“venomous snake”).
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